Assembly Bill A5186

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the crimes of harassment of a law enforcement officer or a member of the officer's family in the first degree and second degree

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5186 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1562
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§240.27 & 240.28, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8650, S7050

2023-A5186 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crimes of harassment of a law enforcement officer or a member of the officer's family in the first degree and second degree.

2023-A5186 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5186
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TANNOUSIS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of
   harassment of a law enforcement officer or a member of  the  officer's
   family in the first degree and second degree

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections  240.27
 and 240.28 to read as follows:
 §  240.27  HARASSMENT  OF  A  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR A MEMBER OF THE
            OFFICER'S FAMILY IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF HARASSMENT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR  A
 MEMBER  OF THE OFFICER'S FAMILY IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN, WITH INTENT TO
 HARASS, ANNOY, THREATEN OR ALARM A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR  A  MEMBER
 OF  A  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, BECAUSE
 OF A BELIEF OR PERCEPTION  REGARDING  SUCH  PERSON'S  STATUS  AS  A  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER  OR  A  MEMBER  OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S SAME
 FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE BELIEF OR  PERCEPTION  IS
 CORRECT, HE OR SHE:
   (A)  COMMUNICATES, ANONYMOUSLY OR OTHERWISE, BY TELEPHONE, BY COMPUTER
 OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS, OR BY MAIL  OR  ELECTRONIC  MAIL,  OR  BY
 TRANSMITTING  OR DELIVERING ANY OTHER FORM OF COMMUNICATION, A THREAT TO
 CAUSE PHYSICAL HARM TO, OR  UNLAWFUL  HARM  TO  THE  PROPERTY  OF,  SUCH
 PERSON, OR A MEMBER OF SUCH PERSON'S SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD AS DEFINED
 IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.11 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, AND
 THE ACTOR KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT SUCH  COMMUNICATION  WILL
 CAUSE  SUCH  PERSON  TO  REASONABLY  FEAR HARM TO SUCH PERSON'S PHYSICAL
 SAFETY OR PROPERTY, OR TO THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OR PROPERTY OF A MEMBER OF
 SUCH PERSON'S SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 A. 5186                             2
              

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